BRUNSWICK — To honor former Brunswick resident Pamela Studwell, who died of cancer in 2009, and to support a personal friend of the actors, Amy Daniels, who is fighting an aggressive breast cancer, David Studwell and Kathleen Mary Mulligan will stage a benefit reading of “Love Letters” at 7:30 p.m. July 31 at St. Paul’s […]

BATH — Music Doing Good will present “The Art of the Songwriter” on Saturday to benefit the Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St. Music Doing Good presents shows throughout the country to benefit local nonprofit and arts organizations. Actor and musician Ronny Cox will join other special guests, including musical storyteller Bill Ward, Chojo […]

BRUNSWICK — Maine State Music Theatre is holding its 12th annual silent and online auction to coincide with “Sunset Boulevard,” which runs through Aug. 4. Each year many artists, craftsman, retailers and individual supporters of MSMT donate items to the auction that are up for bid as a fundraiser for the theater. The auction, which […]

BRUNSWICK — As part of the weekly Music on the Mall series, Apple Scruffs from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday on the Brunswick Mall. Attendance is free. The concert series, which runs through Aug. 29, is sponsored by the Brunswick Downtown Association. Backwoods Road is scheduled to play on Aug. 1. In the case […]

BRUNSWICK — The Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance (MWPA) has launched a new series of Saturday writing workshops that stretches from July to September. The workshops focus on a variety of writing disciplines, including fiction, memoir, poetry and more. In Brunswick, Howard Waxman will teach “Read with Conviction: How to Present Your Writing to a […]

BATH — Galleries in downtown Bath will be open from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. today for the city’s monthly Third Friday ArtWalk and Drive. The ArtWalk has again teamed up with the Maine Songwriters’ Association (MSA) to have musicians playing at the clock at Front and Centre streets. This month features Peter Alexander, a […]

BRUNSWICK — The Theater Project’s Young People’s Theater Camp will stage “Diary of A Wimpy Kid” today through Sunday at 14 School St. The production features 19 actors between 9 and 12 years old. “We spend a lot of time on fun theater exercises that help the actors understand their characters and the situations they […]

LOS ANGELES The audiences are proving far more unpredictable than the movies Hollywood has created to pack them into theaters this summer. Studios have released a familiar assortment of action tales, family flicks and stardriven comedies since the summer-blockbuster season began in early May. Yet while overall business has been solid, fans have been choosier […]